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Big Love Wife Watch!: Round Three (Spoilers)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 03.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mormons, Bill Paxton, Polygamy, Chloe Sevigny, Big Love Wife Watch, Hbo, Big Love, Big Love Recap, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

Can I just say that I love Rhonda's fashion sense? She's traded compound clothes for decently normal streetwear, but she still rocks the polygamy hair, complete with mountainous bangs.

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Some Sympathy for Ted Haggard

Michael Shermer | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Homosexuality, Ted Haggard, Evangelicals, The Trials of Ted Haggard, Hbo, Alexandra Pelosi, Politics News
Michael Shermer

To find peace and happiness in life you have to be true to yourself, and herein lies Pastor Ted's conflict: Being true to himself meant being in absolute conflict with his religion, which was also his livelihood.

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Ellen Barkin To Star In, Produce Series About A High-Profile Divorcee

Variety | Posted 03.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hbo, Television, Ellen Barkin, Entertainment News

HBO has ordered a half-hour pilot script and set Ellen Barkin to star in and exec produce the untitled project. TV series would be the first for the a...

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The Big Review: Big Love Season 3, Ep. 2 (Spoilers)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Polygamy, Chloe Sevigny, Big Love Wife Watch, Hbo, Big Love, Cable Television, Bill Paxton, Mormons, Big Love Recap, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

I'll tell you one of the reasons I enjoy Big Love: The writers know how to give each episode a satisfying internal arc without sacrificing the sense of the big picture.

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HuffPost Review: Bruce Springsteen -- Working On A Dream

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Peter Paul & Mary, The Turtles, Danny Federici, Little Steven, The Wrestler, Roy Bittan, Steven Van Zandt, Clarence Clemmons, Phil Spector, Mickey Rourke, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Aaron Copeland, Ennio Morricone, Nils Lofgren, Tom Petty, Billy Joel, John Hiatt, Darren Aronofsky, Hbo, Patti Scialfa, Gary Talent, Rolling Stones, Max Weinberg, The Byrds, Soozie Tyrell, Bruce Springsteen, Thomas Dolby, Carnivale, Wall of Sound. Huffpost Review, New Bruce Album Review, New Bruce Cover, Reviews, New Bruce Tracklist, New Bruce Album, Album Review, Working on a Dream Review, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Bruce, arm-in-arm with his old E Street gang, seems to be working on his own dream of growing old, not just gracefully, but significantly.

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Big Love Wife Watch!: Round Two (Spoiler Alert!)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 02.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Chloe Sevigny, Polygamy, Big Love Wife Watch, Hbo, Big Love, Mormons, Bill Paxton, TV Shows, Spoilers, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

Last week, almost everyone supported Margene, but she seemed to be sabotaging herself this week. Rolling over to play "Mommy" for no apparent reason? What's her damage?

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In Praise of American Artist: We Are One

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 02.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lincoln Memorial, Obama We Are One, Tom Hanks, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Washington Monument, John Cougar Mellenkamp, Beyonce, Don Mischer, Bruce Springsteen, Garth Brooks, Barack Obama, Hbo, Malia Obama, Josh Groban, Henry Bacon, Heather Headley, Beijing Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Entertainment News
Charles Karel Bouley

As states face record deficits, the arts and artists get cut. Yet, when times are tough, we turn to song, to TV, to film. Right now the nation is bleeding money but box offices are fine.

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HuffPost Video Premiere: Playing For Change Presents "Don't Worry"

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Huffington Post, Variety Magazine, Bono, Usher, Sam Cooke, Josh Groban, Congo, South Africa, New Mexico, First Lady Michelle Obama, Garth Brooks, Shakira, Mark Johnson, Stevie Wonder, Tiger Woods, Will.I.Am, Barcelona Spain, Queen Latifah, Subway, President Barack Obama, Los Angeles California, Washington Mall, President Abraham Lincoln, Joe Biden, Los Angeles, Brazil, New York, Barack Obama, Hbo, Sheryl Crow, Santa Monica California, Herbie Hancock, U2, Entertainment News, Henry Rollins, Youtube, Rickie Lee Jones, Norman Lear, Ashley Judd, New Orleans, Samuel L. Jackson, John Mellencamp, Los Lobos, Pete Seeger, Paul Simon, Washington Memorial, Obama, Apartheid, Santa Monica, Grammy, Lincoln Memorial, Concord Records, Ebay, Woodstock Film Festival, John Legend, Michelle Obama, Entertainment, Jerusalem, Video Premiere, Beyonce, President George Washington, Playing for Change, Pierre Minetti, Keb' Mo', New York City, Tom Hanks, Venezuela, Moscow, Jackson Browne, Vice President Joe Biden, Shepard Fairey, President Lincoln, Contemporary Blues Album of the Year, Bruce Springsteen, Isreal, Zuni, Himilayas, Video, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Featuring over twenty musicians from four continents who have never met, "Don't Worry" makes its auspicious debut today, on Martin Luther King Day, and is featured here.

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"Big" Review: Big Love Season 3, Ep. 1. (Spoilers!)

Mark Blankenship | Posted 02.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Polygamy, Cable, Big Love Wife Watch, Hbo, Big Love, Bill Paxton, Mormons, Chloe Sevingy, Utah, Entertainment News
Mark Blankenship

It's been almost eighteen months, but it's finally time: Welcome back to Big Love, y'all. How do you like your crazy? Familial? Political? Surprisingly multi-ethnic?

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The Audacity of the Presidential Inauguration Committee: or This Land is Whose Land?

Susan Brison | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Obama Inaugural, The Internet, Msnbc, Star-Spangled Banner, Hbo, Inaugural Concert, Folk Music, Music, Barack Obama, Television, Peter Seeger, Cnn, Inauguration Concert, Youtube, Politics News
Susan Brison

I was hoping that hearing Gene Robinson speak at the Inaugural Concert would return to me the joy I felt on election night, but the Presidential Inauguration Committee decided to sell the property rights to HBO.

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We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Concert from the Lincoln Memorial

George Stevens, Jr. | Posted 02.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jon Bon Jovi, Obama Celebrities, Obama We Are One, Hbo, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Inauguration Concert, Washington DC, James Taylor, Politics News
George Stevens, Jr.

We've produced a lot of shows but never one that came together this quickly -- or where everyone involved is so caught up with the privilege of being part of an occasion.

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"Big Love" Returns: NYT Calls It "Exquisitely Plotted"

New York Times | Posted 02.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hbo, Big Love, Polygamy, Television, Entertainment News

Repulsion over polygamy is so ingrained in the American consciousness -- analogizing it to slavery, the Republican platform of 1856 called it one of t...

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Sex in 2009: Five Predictions From HBO's Sexpert

Mike Alvear | Posted 02.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Online Dating Sites, 2009 Predictions, Porn, Recession Sex, Sex, Predictions, Sexpert, Sex 2009, Sex in 2009, Hbo, 2009 Sex, Mike Alvear, Sex Predictions, Style News
Mike Alvear

Call it Recession Sex. If you're coupled, you're going to spend more time at home and at some point that TV's gotta be turned off. The nesting impulse will increase your resting pulse.

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No Cable or Satellite? HBO Says You're SOL for Pre-Inaug Party

Lisa Derrick | Posted 02.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Hbo, Obama Inauguration, Cable, Unable to Watch Inaugural, Digitial Cable, Media News
Lisa Derrick

So much for inclusion. Millions of viewers will be left unable to to watch the Opening Celebration for the 56th Presidential Inaugural.

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HBO Buys Exclusive Rights To Obama Inauguration Opening Ceremony

Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 02.06.2009 | Media

Read More: Hbo, Time Warner, Inauguration Opening Ceremony, Presidential Inauguration, Inauguration, Obama Inauguration, Media News

HBO will kick off coverage of Inauguration Week with an exclusive Sunday, Jan. 18, telecast of the star-studded opening ceremony, two days before the ...

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DVDs: The Rest Of The Year

Michael Giltz | Posted 01.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hbo, The Wire, Murnau, Dvds, TV Shows, Movies, Animation, Holiday Season Commentary, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Here are the top releases from December. Most of them are in the stores now but a few hit shelves in the next week. They saved some great stuff for the end of the year.

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Jeremy Piven: The Un-American Cop-Out

Tom Gregory | Posted 01.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Barrymore Theater, Speed the Plow, Hbo, James Stewart, Broadway, Theater, Mercury Toxicity, Jeremy Piven, Mercury Poisoning, 2009, Diva, High Mercury Count, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, David Mamet, Entourage, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Tom Gregory

Piven's abrupt departure from Speed the Plow was a low in the history of Broadway. Every actor who ever uttered the edict "the show must go on" rolled his eyes, or rolled over in his grave.

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"Cocaine Cowboys" Planned By HBO

Hollywood Reporter | Posted 01.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hbo, Jerry Bruckheimer, Television, Michael Bay, Cocaine Cowboys, Entertainment News

"Cocaine Cowboys" is saddling up at HBO. Feature heavyweights Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay are exec producing the drama project, which Meredith...

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No Steve Jobs Keynote at MacWorld: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer December 17, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 01.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Macbook, Nyse, Oprah, Hbo, Nasdaq, News Corp, Mediabytes, Harpo Films, Fraud, Apple, Shelly Palmer, Steve Jobs, Anurag Dikshit, Macworld, Partygambling, Media News, Abc, Fox, Best Buy, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Steve Jobs will not give his usual keynote speech at MacWorld. Not only that but the upcoming conference will be the last Apple will participate in....

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The Wire: Season 6?

Alden Loury | Posted 01.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: The Wire, Patrick Fitzgerald, Rod Blagojevich, Hbo, Wiretapping, Political Corruption, Barack Obama, Chicago News
Alden Loury

Hopefully there will be more in a sixth installment of The Wire. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich have shown us the way.

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Oprah, HBO Sign Film Deal

AP | Posted 01.16.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — Oprah Winfrey is ending a long-term relationship with ABC by taking her production company to HBO for a three-year deal to make movie...

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Will Ferrell's Bush Goes From Broadway To HBO

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Hbo, Will Ferrell Broadway, You're Welcome America, Will Ferrell, You're Welcome America. A Final Night With George W. Bush, You're Welcome America HBO, George W. Bush, Will Ferrell Bush HBO, Will Ferrell Bush Broadway, Broadway, Media News

You can watch Will Ferrell play George Bush live even without heading to Broadway, thanks to HBO. Variety reports that Ferrell's Broadway show, "You'...

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Nick Sabloff

"House Of Saddam": Interview With Director Alex Holmes

HuffingtonPost.com | Nick Sabloff | Posted 11.13.2009 | World

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"House of Saddam," a four-part miniseries that begins tonight on HBO, chronicles the rise and fall of the former Iraqi leader as seen from the perspec...

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Oscar de la Hoya on Fight, Retirement, Boxing Corruption, and Floyd Mayweater

Graham Bensinger | Posted 01.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sports, Golden Boy, Don King, Fight, Bout, Retirement, Hbo, Bob Arum, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Michael J Fox, Oscar De La Hoya, Boxing, Pay-Per-View, Video, Entertainment News
Graham Bensinger

Recently, Oscar de la Hoya sat down with me to discuss Manny Pacquiao, retirement, why his rematch against Floyd Mayweather was canceled, the state of boxing, his tanning bed nightmare, and a crippling ingrown hair.

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Michael Phelps On "Entourage" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 12.25.2008 | Entertainment

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Blink and you'd miss it! Olympic hero Michael Phelps filmed a cameo for HBO's "Entourage" in August, and it finally aired on Sunday night's season fi...

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